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From: Jeff Dike <jdike-OPE4K8JWMJJBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Anthony Liguori <anthony-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: KVM devel
	<kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM - add hypercall nr to kvm_run
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:41:04 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070718174104.GA8655@c2.user-mode-linux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <469E3FA2.7060408-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@public.gmane.org>

On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 11:28:18AM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Within the kernel right (VMCALL is only usable in ring 1).  

Yup.

> Is it 
> terribly important to be able to pass through the syscall arguments in 
> registers verses packing them in a data structure and passing a pointer 
> to that structure?

An arg block would be fine, too.

				Jeff

-- 
Work email - jdike at linux dot intel dot com

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-07-18 17:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-16 19:24 [PATCH 3/3] KVM - add hypercall nr to kvm_run Jeff Dike
     [not found] ` <20070716192447.GA16253-1LLyehjZOUUZWFFyALql+T+iFHGzDt/a@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-17  8:23   ` Avi Kivity
     [not found]     ` <469C7C8D.1020600-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-17  8:40       ` Avi Kivity
2007-07-17 14:15       ` Anthony Liguori
     [not found]         ` <469CCF17.3020709-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-17 16:07           ` Jeff Dike
     [not found]             ` <20070717160710.GC7965-1LLyehjZOUUZWFFyALql+T+iFHGzDt/a@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-18 16:28               ` Anthony Liguori
     [not found]                 ` <469E3FA2.7060408-rdkfGonbjUSkNkDKm+mE6A@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-18 17:41                   ` Jeff Dike [this message]
     [not found]                     ` <20070718174104.GA8655-1LLyehjZOUUZWFFyALql+T+iFHGzDt/a@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-18 19:25                       ` Anthony Liguori

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